As excitement builds with the beginning of the Winter Olympic Games, one of America’s top hopefuls chats about her road to Sochi! Maddie Bowman is ready for Sochi as she competes for Olympic Gold in freeskiing. In this interview with Gabriella Razzetti of Fitzness.com Maddie and her coach, Mike Jankowski, talk about how the US team stacks up to the competition, and what it feels like to represent team USA. Maddie’s ready to bring Team USA Olympic Gold in Sochi, Russia!
Maddie Bowman
Team USA Freeskiing Member (Halfpipe) The North Face athlete
Hometown: South Lake Tahoe, Calif.
Birthdate: 1/10/1994
As a high school senior, Maddie burst onto the women’s freeskiing halfpipe scene during the 2012 season where she took the podium at nearly every major event she entered. She earned a spot on the January 2012 Dew Tour and had impressive early season results, taking the win at the Killington, VT stop, and third at Snowbasin, UT. Keeping up the momentum, Maddie went on to take home the silver medal at X Games in Aspen and finished out the season with a second place overall in the AFP women’s halfpipe rankings, thanks to her brand new cork 900, all before graduating high school.
In 2013, Maddie continued her trajectory as a top athlete on the competition circuit and has upped the ante in women’s halfpipe. She has podiumed at each competition she entered, including winning both the Visa US Grand Prix events in Copper and Park City, second at the Dew Tour in Breckenridge, bronze at X Games Tignes and an impressive Gold medal at the 2013 Winter X Games in Aspen, CO. Maddie is a member of the U.S. Freeskiing Pro Team.
Highlights
AFP Ranking
1st, HP, 2013
2nd, HP, 2012 9th, Overall, 2012
X Games
Bronze, HP, Tignes, FRA, 2013 Gold, HP, Aspen, CO, 2013 Silver, HP, Aspen, CO, 2012
FIS World Cup
Three podiums during 2013 season Finished 5th in HP standings, 2013
Grand Prix
1st, HP, Breckenridge, CO, 2014
1st, HP, Park City, UT, 2013
1st, HP, Copper Mountain, CO, 2013 3rd, HP, Mammoth Mountain, CA, 2012 4th, HP, Copper Mountain, CO, 2011
Other
1st, HP, AFP World Championships, Whistler, CAN, 2012
1st, HP, Dew Tour, Killington, VT, 2012
2nd, HP, Dew Tour, Breckenridge, CO, 2012
1st, HP, North Face Park & Pipe Open Series, Copper Mountain, CO, 2012 1st, HP U.S. Rev Tour, Northstar-at-Tahoe, CA, 2012
3rd, HP, Dew Tour, Snowbasin, UT, 2012
3rd, HP, New Zealand Winter Games, Snowpark, NZL
Maddie Bowman on Fitzness.com
